Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
Research and teaching at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Maastricht University
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🚨 New publication alert 🚨
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Euroscepticism?
Very pleased with this new article, co-authored with former @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies student and now colleague Luca Mancin of the University of Milan
@ecpr.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Euroscepticism?
Very pleased with this new article, co-authored with former @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies student and now colleague Luca Mancin of the University of Milan
@ecpr.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Euroscepticism? Relaunching the Conceptual Debate About a Contested Term
Euroscepticism has become a mainstream phenomenon in European politics since the concept's first appearance in The Times of 11 November 1985. The post-Maastricht Treaty period was an important initia...
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🚨 New publication alert 🚨
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Euroscepticism?
Very pleased with this new article, co-authored with former @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies student and now colleague Luca Mancin of the University of Milan
@ecpr.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Euroscepticism?
Very pleased with this new article, co-authored with former @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies student and now colleague Luca Mancin of the University of Milan
@ecpr.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social
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My new book is now out in print:
POLITICIANS AND MASS MEDIA IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE
Examines how an expanding mass media created a new type of politician and system of transnational media politics between 1890 and World War I.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
POLITICIANS AND MASS MEDIA IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE
Examines how an expanding mass media created a new type of politician and system of transnational media politics between 1890 and World War I.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
My new book is now out in print:
POLITICIANS AND MASS MEDIA IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE
Examines how an expanding mass media created a new type of politician and system of transnational media politics between 1890 and World War I.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
POLITICIANS AND MASS MEDIA IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE
Examines how an expanding mass media created a new type of politician and system of transnational media politics between 1890 and World War I.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
How can our #senses transform the way we learn? 👀👂🤝
Emilie Sitzia and her team have launched ‘Come to Your Senses’, a beautifully #illustrated, open-access learning #guide that helps bridge #academic knowledge with real-world experience.
👉 shorturl.at/YXf2j
Emilie Sitzia and her team have launched ‘Come to Your Senses’, a beautifully #illustrated, open-access learning #guide that helps bridge #academic knowledge with real-world experience.
👉 shorturl.at/YXf2j
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How can our #senses transform the way we learn? 👀👂🤝
Emilie Sitzia and her team have launched ‘Come to Your Senses’, a beautifully #illustrated, open-access learning #guide that helps bridge #academic knowledge with real-world experience.
👉 shorturl.at/YXf2j
Emilie Sitzia and her team have launched ‘Come to Your Senses’, a beautifully #illustrated, open-access learning #guide that helps bridge #academic knowledge with real-world experience.
👉 shorturl.at/YXf2j
📢 We’re hiring! Join the BSc Global Studies programme as Teaching Fellow👩🏫
Teach in an interdisciplinary, problem-based learning environment and support students tackling global “wicked problems”🌍
👉Apply before 1 December: shorturl.at/6Wkft
Teach in an interdisciplinary, problem-based learning environment and support students tackling global “wicked problems”🌍
👉Apply before 1 December: shorturl.at/6Wkft
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢 We’re hiring! Join the BSc Global Studies programme as Teaching Fellow👩🏫
Teach in an interdisciplinary, problem-based learning environment and support students tackling global “wicked problems”🌍
👉Apply before 1 December: shorturl.at/6Wkft
Teach in an interdisciplinary, problem-based learning environment and support students tackling global “wicked problems”🌍
👉Apply before 1 December: shorturl.at/6Wkft
🎓 Make a real impact on #teaching and #learning at FASoS!
We’re looking for an Assessment Specialist who can bridge assessment theory and everyday educational practice. Strengthen and future-proof our assessment practices!
👉Apply by 30 November: shorturl.at/IFRGB
We’re looking for an Assessment Specialist who can bridge assessment theory and everyday educational practice. Strengthen and future-proof our assessment practices!
👉Apply by 30 November: shorturl.at/IFRGB
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎓 Make a real impact on #teaching and #learning at FASoS!
We’re looking for an Assessment Specialist who can bridge assessment theory and everyday educational practice. Strengthen and future-proof our assessment practices!
👉Apply by 30 November: shorturl.at/IFRGB
We’re looking for an Assessment Specialist who can bridge assessment theory and everyday educational practice. Strengthen and future-proof our assessment practices!
👉Apply by 30 November: shorturl.at/IFRGB
Ready to experience what studying at FASoS is really like? Join our Experience Day✨
Take part in a real Problem-Based Learning (PBL) session, attend a programme presentation, and join a campus tour. A hands-on way to find out if FASoS is the right fit for you.
👉 Sign up now: tinyurl.com/h9hj45wj
Take part in a real Problem-Based Learning (PBL) session, attend a programme presentation, and join a campus tour. A hands-on way to find out if FASoS is the right fit for you.
👉 Sign up now: tinyurl.com/h9hj45wj
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ready to experience what studying at FASoS is really like? Join our Experience Day✨
Take part in a real Problem-Based Learning (PBL) session, attend a programme presentation, and join a campus tour. A hands-on way to find out if FASoS is the right fit for you.
👉 Sign up now: tinyurl.com/h9hj45wj
Take part in a real Problem-Based Learning (PBL) session, attend a programme presentation, and join a campus tour. A hands-on way to find out if FASoS is the right fit for you.
👉 Sign up now: tinyurl.com/h9hj45wj
Over 120 alumni gathered in #Brussels to celebrate 25 years of the MA European Public Affairs🎉
From 12 pioneering students in 1999 to a global network of 500+ #professionals today, the programme continues to bridge #academic rigor and real-world #EU public affairs.
👉 shorturl.at/F0IWM
From 12 pioneering students in 1999 to a global network of 500+ #professionals today, the programme continues to bridge #academic rigor and real-world #EU public affairs.
👉 shorturl.at/F0IWM
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Over 120 alumni gathered in #Brussels to celebrate 25 years of the MA European Public Affairs🎉
From 12 pioneering students in 1999 to a global network of 500+ #professionals today, the programme continues to bridge #academic rigor and real-world #EU public affairs.
👉 shorturl.at/F0IWM
From 12 pioneering students in 1999 to a global network of 500+ #professionals today, the programme continues to bridge #academic rigor and real-world #EU public affairs.
👉 shorturl.at/F0IWM
The Matter of Hospitals: An Alphabetical Investigation, invites you to see hospitals with fresh eyes—from A for atmospheres to Z for zips. Editor Anna Harris and contributors explore how colour, elevators, and bedsheets reveal power, time, and hidden potential. Funded by the EU.
🔗 lnkd.in/eMhwUrqV
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November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Matter of Hospitals: An Alphabetical Investigation, invites you to see hospitals with fresh eyes—from A for atmospheres to Z for zips. Editor Anna Harris and contributors explore how colour, elevators, and bedsheets reveal power, time, and hidden potential. Funded by the EU.
🔗 lnkd.in/eMhwUrqV
🔗 lnkd.in/eMhwUrqV
Viktor Orbán is trying to sideline his main opponent, Péter Magyar. FASoS historian @ferenclaczo.bsky.social says Orban is really worried about Magyar's rise in popularity. Pressure in Hungary’s #election is rising fast.
🎥 www.nu.nl/321468/video...
🎥 www.nu.nl/321468/video...
Video | Orbán probeert z'n tegenstander uit te schakelen: 'Hij is echt bezorgd'
De Hongaarse premier Viktor Orbán is al vijftien jaar aan de macht. Maar voor het eerst is er een tegenstander die het hem moeilijk maakt: Péter Magyar. De Hongaarse historicus Ferenc Laczó van Maastr...
www.nu.nl
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Viktor Orbán is trying to sideline his main opponent, Péter Magyar. FASoS historian @ferenclaczo.bsky.social says Orban is really worried about Magyar's rise in popularity. Pressure in Hungary’s #election is rising fast.
🎥 www.nu.nl/321468/video...
🎥 www.nu.nl/321468/video...
🎬 How can #analogue media technologies be documented in the #digital age?
📅MUSTS Colloquium on 12 Nov, 15:30–17:00
📍 Attic, Grote Gracht 80–82
@timvanderheijden.bsky.social will dive into hands-on experiments, 3D digitization, and virtual “re-animation” of early home cinema devices.
📅MUSTS Colloquium on 12 Nov, 15:30–17:00
📍 Attic, Grote Gracht 80–82
@timvanderheijden.bsky.social will dive into hands-on experiments, 3D digitization, and virtual “re-animation” of early home cinema devices.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Lovely weather and a fantastic atmosphere during today’s @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social BA open day. Thank you so much to all colleagues and students who were present today 🙏🏼
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Lovely weather and a fantastic atmosphere during today’s @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social BA open day. Thank you so much to all colleagues and students who were present today 🙏🏼
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Visited the PROTEST exhibition with my @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies students today. Had a great discussion on the role of #protests in #Europe afterwards 🇪🇺 Plenty of examples from their own experience in different countries and contexts.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Visited the PROTEST exhibition with my @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies students today. Had a great discussion on the role of #protests in #Europe afterwards 🇪🇺 Plenty of examples from their own experience in different countries and contexts.
Are Europeans becoming “#data serfs” to US tech #giants? 📱
@valentinagolunova.bsky.social and @danishanley.bsky.social warn of a “digital #oligarchy” where Silicon Valley holds power beyond #democracy. Yet they say resistance is possible: the EU is finally pushing back 💪
tinyurl.com/yc3c3eef
@valentinagolunova.bsky.social and @danishanley.bsky.social warn of a “digital #oligarchy” where Silicon Valley holds power beyond #democracy. Yet they say resistance is possible: the EU is finally pushing back 💪
tinyurl.com/yc3c3eef
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Are Europeans becoming “#data serfs” to US tech #giants? 📱
@valentinagolunova.bsky.social and @danishanley.bsky.social warn of a “digital #oligarchy” where Silicon Valley holds power beyond #democracy. Yet they say resistance is possible: the EU is finally pushing back 💪
tinyurl.com/yc3c3eef
@valentinagolunova.bsky.social and @danishanley.bsky.social warn of a “digital #oligarchy” where Silicon Valley holds power beyond #democracy. Yet they say resistance is possible: the EU is finally pushing back 💪
tinyurl.com/yc3c3eef
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘄?
We sat down with Full Professor Giselle Bosse and PhD researcher Wicke van den Broek to discuss why the EU must not engage with Lukashenka’s regime.
👉 Read the interview here: studioeuropamaastricht.nl/2025/11/03/f...
#WorkingOnEurope
We sat down with Full Professor Giselle Bosse and PhD researcher Wicke van den Broek to discuss why the EU must not engage with Lukashenka’s regime.
👉 Read the interview here: studioeuropamaastricht.nl/2025/11/03/f...
#WorkingOnEurope
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘄?
We sat down with Full Professor Giselle Bosse and PhD researcher Wicke van den Broek to discuss why the EU must not engage with Lukashenka’s regime.
👉 Read the interview here: studioeuropamaastricht.nl/2025/11/03/f...
#WorkingOnEurope
We sat down with Full Professor Giselle Bosse and PhD researcher Wicke van den Broek to discuss why the EU must not engage with Lukashenka’s regime.
👉 Read the interview here: studioeuropamaastricht.nl/2025/11/03/f...
#WorkingOnEurope
🎶 MCICM just launched 'Playing the Digital', a site exploring how #digital tech and #classical music collide.
It brings together an inventory of tools, an #interactive map of sources, letters on #GenAI, a #podcast, and even an AI-co-created performance + score.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4anh8b7r
It brings together an inventory of tools, an #interactive map of sources, letters on #GenAI, a #podcast, and even an AI-co-created performance + score.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4anh8b7r
Beyond Philosophy – A Report from a Digital Humanities Conference
Conference report reflecting on digital humanities today — probing whether our digital-age discourse transcends traditional philosophy in music scholarship.
tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎶 MCICM just launched 'Playing the Digital', a site exploring how #digital tech and #classical music collide.
It brings together an inventory of tools, an #interactive map of sources, letters on #GenAI, a #podcast, and even an AI-co-created performance + score.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4anh8b7r
It brings together an inventory of tools, an #interactive map of sources, letters on #GenAI, a #podcast, and even an AI-co-created performance + score.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4anh8b7r
Josje Weusten wrote a short story for Influent, an international art #exhibition exploring how our relationship with #water is changing🌊
It became an immersive installation — designed by Tim Scheffer and voiced by @sallywyatt.bsky.social🎤
🗓️ 29 Nov – 14 Dec
🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/mvfhpyk9
It became an immersive installation — designed by Tim Scheffer and voiced by @sallywyatt.bsky.social🎤
🗓️ 29 Nov – 14 Dec
🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/mvfhpyk9
Influent Exhibition - Innofabriek
Dutch: Influent kunst expositie onderzoekt onze steeds veranderende relatie met water. English: Influent - Exploring our shifting relationship with water.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Josje Weusten wrote a short story for Influent, an international art #exhibition exploring how our relationship with #water is changing🌊
It became an immersive installation — designed by Tim Scheffer and voiced by @sallywyatt.bsky.social🎤
🗓️ 29 Nov – 14 Dec
🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/mvfhpyk9
It became an immersive installation — designed by Tim Scheffer and voiced by @sallywyatt.bsky.social🎤
🗓️ 29 Nov – 14 Dec
🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/mvfhpyk9
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Lots of meetings about #teaching and #learning but today was the start of the only full course I teach, for our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies, on #democracy in #Europe
the flag of belgium is surrounded by european stars
ALT: the flag of belgium is surrounded by european stars
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November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lots of meetings about #teaching and #learning but today was the start of the only full course I teach, for our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies, on #democracy in #Europe
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Last week I had the pleasure of teaching a short intro to text classification with LLMs to the faculty at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social. Interested? Materials: github.com/laurencleek/.... I've also made public a repo for an intro to GitHub course github.com/laurencleek/... I taught some time back!
GitHub - laurencleek/text_classification_workshop: This repo contains all the course materials for the text classification workshop at Maastricht university
This repo contains all the course materials for the text classification workshop at Maastricht university - laurencleek/text_classification_workshop
github.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Last week I had the pleasure of teaching a short intro to text classification with LLMs to the faculty at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social. Interested? Materials: github.com/laurencleek/.... I've also made public a repo for an intro to GitHub course github.com/laurencleek/... I taught some time back!
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A month ago I presented BBILY to friends and colleagues, hosted by @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social. These are the introductory comments that I made: michaelerard.com/blog/comment...
Michael Erard
comments about Bye Bye I Love You at FASoS
michaelerard.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A month ago I presented BBILY to friends and colleagues, hosted by @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social. These are the introductory comments that I made: michaelerard.com/blog/comment...
Join @posteurope.bsky.social for his inaugural lecture as Professor of practical #philosophy with a thematic focus on the #politics of socio-technical systems @maastrichtu.bsky.social
🗓️ 7 Nov 2025, 16:30
💬 "Instelling, werk en technologie"
🎥 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
🗓️ 7 Nov 2025, 16:30
💬 "Instelling, werk en technologie"
🎥 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Join @posteurope.bsky.social for his inaugural lecture as Professor of practical #philosophy with a thematic focus on the #politics of socio-technical systems @maastrichtu.bsky.social
🗓️ 7 Nov 2025, 16:30
💬 "Instelling, werk en technologie"
🎥 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
🗓️ 7 Nov 2025, 16:30
💬 "Instelling, werk en technologie"
🎥 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
Today, at 16:30, @posteurope.bsky.social will deliver his inaugural lecture 'Instelling, werk en technologie' and accept his position as Professor of practical #philosophy with a thematic focus on the #politics of
socio-technical systems.
📹watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
socio-technical systems.
📹watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
Inaugural Lecture Prof. dr. Darian Meacham
Appointed as Professor of Practical Philosophy with a thematic focus on the politics of socio-technical systems in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Th...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today, at 16:30, @posteurope.bsky.social will deliver his inaugural lecture 'Instelling, werk en technologie' and accept his position as Professor of practical #philosophy with a thematic focus on the #politics of
socio-technical systems.
📹watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
socio-technical systems.
📹watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
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Pre-discussing the Dutch elections @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Pre-discussing the Dutch elections @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
You’re invited!💥
CARE, ART & CARE AESTHETICS public event — with a woodworking workshop, expert panel, Q&A + refreshments.
📅 14 Nov | 12:00–18:00
🪵 Workshop: Werkhuis Maastricht, Hunnenweg 4
🎤 Panel: FASoS, Grote Gracht 76
Free, 18+, no experience needed.
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/3b4fzn93
CARE, ART & CARE AESTHETICS public event — with a woodworking workshop, expert panel, Q&A + refreshments.
📅 14 Nov | 12:00–18:00
🪵 Workshop: Werkhuis Maastricht, Hunnenweg 4
🎤 Panel: FASoS, Grote Gracht 76
Free, 18+, no experience needed.
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/3b4fzn93
October 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
You’re invited!💥
CARE, ART & CARE AESTHETICS public event — with a woodworking workshop, expert panel, Q&A + refreshments.
📅 14 Nov | 12:00–18:00
🪵 Workshop: Werkhuis Maastricht, Hunnenweg 4
🎤 Panel: FASoS, Grote Gracht 76
Free, 18+, no experience needed.
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/3b4fzn93
CARE, ART & CARE AESTHETICS public event — with a woodworking workshop, expert panel, Q&A + refreshments.
📅 14 Nov | 12:00–18:00
🪵 Workshop: Werkhuis Maastricht, Hunnenweg 4
🎤 Panel: FASoS, Grote Gracht 76
Free, 18+, no experience needed.
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/3b4fzn93
Ben jij gepassioneerd over bijdragen aan de toekomst van het hoger #onderwijs via doeltreffend beleid en strategisch advies?
Solliciteer dan op de #vacature van #beleidsadviseur in onze Teaching & Learning Hub!
🔔vacature sluit op 26 oktober
👉https://tinyurl.com/ye24a3e5
Solliciteer dan op de #vacature van #beleidsadviseur in onze Teaching & Learning Hub!
🔔vacature sluit op 26 oktober
👉https://tinyurl.com/ye24a3e5
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ben jij gepassioneerd over bijdragen aan de toekomst van het hoger #onderwijs via doeltreffend beleid en strategisch advies?
Solliciteer dan op de #vacature van #beleidsadviseur in onze Teaching & Learning Hub!
🔔vacature sluit op 26 oktober
👉https://tinyurl.com/ye24a3e5
Solliciteer dan op de #vacature van #beleidsadviseur in onze Teaching & Learning Hub!
🔔vacature sluit op 26 oktober
👉https://tinyurl.com/ye24a3e5
Join us for the @maastrichtu.bsky.social Master’s Open Day!💡
Discover our interdisciplinary programmes, meet inspiring lecturers and students, and explore how FASoS can help you shape a meaningful career in the humanities and social sciences✨
🗓️ 15 November
👉 Register now: tinyurl.com/3dkn4vty
Discover our interdisciplinary programmes, meet inspiring lecturers and students, and explore how FASoS can help you shape a meaningful career in the humanities and social sciences✨
🗓️ 15 November
👉 Register now: tinyurl.com/3dkn4vty
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join us for the @maastrichtu.bsky.social Master’s Open Day!💡
Discover our interdisciplinary programmes, meet inspiring lecturers and students, and explore how FASoS can help you shape a meaningful career in the humanities and social sciences✨
🗓️ 15 November
👉 Register now: tinyurl.com/3dkn4vty
Discover our interdisciplinary programmes, meet inspiring lecturers and students, and explore how FASoS can help you shape a meaningful career in the humanities and social sciences✨
🗓️ 15 November
👉 Register now: tinyurl.com/3dkn4vty